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The ARINC 429 specification defines the air transport industry's hardware and protocol standards for the transfer of digital data between avionics systems...

This Design Idea significantly improves conversion efficiency of externally driven flyback converter-based capacitor charging units intended for flash-lamp-pumped, pulsed solid-state laser sources...

Many rechargeable battery types can be damaged by deep discharge. This Design Idea circuit performs under-voltage protection to prevent this, as well as acting as a load switch...

While choosing an op-amp buffer for a new high-resolution single-supply DAC, a source of negative supply was considered because the buffer op-amp had to provide true zero voltage on its output...

A well known power supply circuit is the capacitance multiplier. It doesn’t regulate, but instead reduces ripple & noise while the output tracks at some fraction of the input voltage...

Sometimes you may need a group of switches where, if any switch is activated, it deactivates the previously active switch. This Design Idea implements such a function with relays...

Toshiba Electronics Europe has launched their first 30 V N-channel common-drain MOSFET. The new SSM10N961L device offers low-loss operation and is specifically intended for use within devices with USB interfaces...

A question that arises frequently in audio and signal processing applications is this: How can I control gain on dual channel (e.g., stereo) inputs simultaneously with only a single knob?...

One of our technicians recently asked for help determining the value of an SMT inductor. It was unmarked, and was many turns of very fine wire on a ferrite core...

With just one leftover op amp or comparator, you can add a battery-condition indicator to your portable circuit design...